diff --git a/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h b/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h
index 7783a572d..977a018ff 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h
+++ b/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ expr_t *return_expr (struct function_s *f, expr_t *e);
 expr_t *conditional_expr (expr_t *cond, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2);
 expr_t *incop_expr (int op, expr_t *e, int postop);
 expr_t *array_expr (expr_t *array, expr_t *index);
-expr_t *pointer_expr (expr_t *pointer);
+expr_t *deref_pointer_expr (expr_t *pointer);
 expr_t *address_expr (expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2, struct type_s *t);
 expr_t *build_if_statement (int not, expr_t *test, expr_t *s1, expr_t *els,
 							expr_t *s2);
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
index a5740700e..52b0fbe84 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
@@ -2468,7 +2468,7 @@ incop_expr (int op, expr_t *e, int postop)
 		append_expr (block, assign_expr (t2, binary_expr (op, t1, one)));
 		res = copy_expr (e);
 		if (res->type == ex_uexpr && res->e.expr.op == '.')
-			res = pointer_expr (address_expr (res, 0, 0));
+			res = deref_pointer_expr (address_expr (res, 0, 0));
 		append_expr (block, assign_expr (res, t2));
 		block->e.block.result = t1;
 		return block;
@@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@ array_expr (expr_t *array, expr_t *index)
 }
 
 expr_t *
-pointer_expr (expr_t *pointer)
+deref_pointer_expr (expr_t *pointer)
 {
 	type_t     *pointer_type = get_type (pointer);
 
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
index 709470e0c..399f91b1e 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ unary_expr
 	| '!' cast_expr %prec UNARY	{ $$ = unary_expr ('!', $2); }
 	| '~' cast_expr %prec UNARY	{ $$ = unary_expr ('~', $2); }
 	| '&' cast_expr %prec UNARY	{ $$ = address_expr ($2, 0, 0); }
-	| '*' cast_expr %prec UNARY	{ $$ = pointer_expr ($2); }
+	| '*' cast_expr %prec UNARY	{ $$ = deref_pointer_expr ($2); }
 	| SIZEOF unary_expr	%prec UNARY	{ $$ = sizeof_expr ($2, 0); }
 	| SIZEOF '(' abstract_decl ')'	%prec HYPERUNARY
 		{